Nov
18
2024
Weekly Roundup - 11/18/24
This week: Senior reporter Alex Kane documents how university administrators and lawmakers are invoking civil rights law to justify sweeping crackdowns on pro-Palestine speech.
In a new episode of On the Nose, editor-in-chief Arielle Angel discusses the role of affect and emotions in the movement for Palestinian liberation with writer Naomi Klein and psychologist Hala Alyan.
In our recent Florida issue, artist Sasha Wortzel speaks with Shoog McDaniel about photographing queer life in rural Florida.
We are also sending a poem “Chattahoochee” by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, also from our Florida issue, with a new introduction by culture editor Claire Schwartz.
Report
The Civil Rights Law Shutting Down Pro-Palestine Speech
Pro-Israel groups have remade Title VI into a tool of repression—and a second Trump term will supercharge their crusade.
Alex Kane
Volatile Emotions
Conversation
Bodies of Water
Shoog McDaniel’s photographs of queer life in rural Florida present a world where all bodies are sacred.
Sasha Wortzel
Poetry
Chattahoochee
“She’s taken the law into // her own hands, the narrative’s / taken a turn.”
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon